Motorbikes drive past a billboard with graphic showing the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strikes on Feb. 28, with his framed fist amongst his supporters framed fists in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran responded Sunday to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal, but President Donald Trump rejected it as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” — the latest setback in efforts to end a Persian Gulf standoff that has disrupted shipping and sent energy prices higher.
Women walk in northern Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)The front page of the Sunday May 10, 2026, edition of Iranian newspaper, Jamejam, is seen with a cartoon satirizing the U.S. President Donald Trump that asks: “Open the the Strait of Hormuz” on a news stand in northern Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)A man waves an Iranian flag for a pro-government campaign under a billboard with graphic showing Strait of Hormuz and sewn lips of U.S. President Donald Trump in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)A man drives as the others walk in northern Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)A man looks at his smart phone as he sits under posters of Hollywood movies at a cafe in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Iranian women walk past American artist Roy Lichtenstein’s “Brattata” as they visit an exhibition called: “Art & war” displaying some artworks of American pop artists at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Iran, Thursday, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Vehicles drive past banners showing portraits of the school children who were killed during a strike on a school in southern town of Minab on Feb. 28, at Tajrish square in northern Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)A man wears a T-shirt with a part of “It was a good day” song lyrics by the American rapper Ice Cube on its back as he walks on a sidewalk in northern Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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